Descriptions

Donated to the museum by a member of the Kelly family of Ottery St Mary. Stockings were amongst the first garments to be produced mechanically, on a frame knitting machine. They would have been worn gartered around the knee. White cotton was generally preferred for hot summer days. Black dyes had the terrible reputation of staining the feet.

This object is on display at RAMM in the Making History gallery.

Inscription

top hand written in ink laundry mark 12 / Agnus Kelly / 4 .1872